Worthy in Every Way (The Montford Cousins Book 5) by L.L. Diamond

Author:L.L. Diamond [Diamond, L.L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-08-30T00:00:00+00:00

They had to be nearing Bathwick by now! Georgiana looked out the window at the verdant green of the dales and bounced her knee under skirts. As picturesque as the prospect was, she could not rid herself of the suffocating air in the carriage. How was she to breathe?

At the moment, Clarissa was with Jane’s maid in the equipage that followed, yet her fussiness when she was last with her parents was surely caused by the sweltering heat within the carriage as well as the tension between the four of its occupants.

She had not mentioned what had occurred at the inn after Charles departed her rooms, yet speaking to him at breakfast had been impossible, and in front of the inn, he had been more concerned about her welfare before delivering the blow he did. No time had existed to tell him more.

Once they arrived at Bathwick, Georgiana would need to corner Charles alone and inform him of Jane’s visit to her room and her subsequent questioning. She had wanted to know what had occurred with Charles during the night. What could Georgiana say? She would never reveal that she and Charles had flaunted propriety, so she repeated Charles’s words to Henry almost word for word. Jane did not seem pleased that Georgiana would not say more, but her almost sister did not attempt to force a confession. Thankfully, although the bedsheets were exposed, their position when he took her maidenhead prevented any blood from spilling upon the sheets. Jane possessed no evidence to prove any suspicions she may have had.

When she had entered the breakfast room, Henry and Charles had both stopped speaking abruptly, with Henry’s hands falling to his lap as though they had been silent the entire time. Then, aside from pleasantries about the weather and the state of the roads, naught had been said except between Jane and her husband—an awkward meal indeed!

Now, it seemed Charles had even closed himself off from her. A shade existed in his eyes that was not present before, shielding her from the emotions she had previously been able to read in his gaze. More often than not, he stared out the window, and for a time, even dozed. Her eyes stung at the barrier between them. She could not bear it.

Her heart leapt in her chest when they passed through a stone gate and descended into the valley below. She leaned closer to the window in an attempt to see what was before them. After another curve, a great stone building came into view set before a winding river in the distance. Fertile hills and fields spotted with the white of grazing sheep composed the remainder of the picturesque scene.

As soon as the equipage drew before the front of the grand home, the step was placed, and the men disembarked before handing the ladies down. Jane took her husband’s offered hand, leaving Georgiana to take Charles’s arm.

When she stood before the great house, she took in every inch from a

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